See the fall colors—and the still-busy bees and butterflies, too—when CFAES’ Secrest Arboretum in Wooster holds a Guided Autumn and Pollinator Walk at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 16. Admission is free and open to the public. Learn more. (Photo: Getty Images.)
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Sustaining southeast Ohio’s mighty oaks
CFAES is helping sustain oak forests and the many kinds of life that need them. As a member of the Ohio Interagency Forestry Team, the college’s OSU Extension outreach arm is part of a collective effort to restore oak-dominated forests across 17 counties in southeast Ohio.
Sign up by today for Watershed Academy
Registration for this year’s Ohio Watershed Academy, an online professional development course for current and future watershed leaders, runs through the end of the day today, Wednesday, Oct. 9.
Lal to speak at Borlaug Dialogue
Rattan Lal, Distinguished University Professor of Soil Science in CFAES’ School of Environment and Natural Resources, will speak on a panel titled “Facing the Greatest Challenge of Our Time: Agriculture’s Role in Impacting Climate Change” at the World Food Prize’s 2019 Norman E. Borlaug International Symposium.
How to grow garlic in Ohio (hint: now’s the time to plant it)
In Ohio, it’s best to plant garlic in fall, and a free CFAES fact sheet has tips to help you do it—plus details on fertilizing, avoiding pests, harvesting, and the three main types of garlic you can choose from.
Yellow perch, with a side of greens
See fish and veggies growing together when the Sustainable Farm Tour and Workshop Series presents the Aquaponic Produce and Yellow Perch Farm Tour. The free event runs from 1–3 p.m. Oct. 19, at Fresh Harvest Farm in west-central Ohio.
Coming up: A day in the (fall) woods
The series called A Day in the Woods continues with “Woodland and Wildlife Research” on Oct. 11.
The event will feature research underway in southeast Ohio’s Vinton Furnace State Forest near McArthur, including on subjects such as blue jays, rattlesnakes, and sustaining oak-hickory forests.
Just as important, the flier says, you can also just “enjoy the fall woods.”
CFAES’ OSU Extension outreach arm is one of the series sponsors.
Watch: For the health of the water
The Big Ten Network’s “Live B1G” series recently featured Ohio State’s Stone Laboratory on Lake Erie. The lab—located on Gibraltar Island, which you can see in the bay from the Put-in-Bay docks or as you enter the bay by boat—conducts research on water quality and teaches students about the lake, its water, and the creatures that rely on it, people included. You can watch the video above.
Ohio agency directors to discuss water quality
The directors of three Ohio state agencies working to address nutrient runoff and water quality, including issues such as Lake Erie’s harmful algal blooms, will discuss their policies and programs on Tuesday, Oct. 8, at Ohio State.
Over your head? MASSIVE dragonfly swarms
MaLisa Spring, CFAES alum (MS, entomology, 2017) and coordinator of the Ohio State-based Ohio Dragonfly Survey, was quoted today in a story on the CNN website about how recent swarms of migrating dragonflies are so huge they’re appearing on radar.
